Ali Gholamifard - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, ۶۸۱۵۱۴۴۳۱۶ Khorramabad, Iran
Bruce D. Patterson - Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL ۶۰۶۰۵-۲۸۲۷, USA

Iran is home to three genera and four species of hedgehogs in the family Erinaceidae. One of these, Paraechinus hypomelas, is known to occur in Fars Province. In the present study, we report two new distribution records of the Long-eared Hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus from the southwestern region of Fars Province (Varavi Mountain in Mohr and Lamerd Townships in the southern Zagros Mountains), marking a range extension for this species in southern Iran.

Hedgehogs, Hemiechinus auritus, Zagros Mountains, Fars Province, Iran